The phrase "Learn me" drives me nuts

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April 25, 2019, 09:46 PM

bald1

The phrase "Learn me" drives me nuts

Okay maybe I'm just a crusty old fart but damn I can't help but wonder if this isn't a product of our broken education system.

What's so wrong about "teach me about" or "please explain" or any number of similar expressions?

"Learn me" sounds like something an uneducated hick would say.

Damn!

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April 25, 2019, 10:34 PM

ZSMICHAEL

quote:
Okay maybe I'm just a crusty old fart but damn I can't help but wonder if this isn't a product of our broken education system.

Use of proper grammar has gone out the window. Not long ago you could generally count on the media to have proper verb subject agreement. Not anymore. Civility, dress and courtesy have become somewhat rare. It is not the educational system, it is parents and society as a whole that are responsible.

April 25, 2019, 10:36 PM

ZSMICHAEL

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Learn me about English

Typical for an engineer. All my life I wanted to be an engineer, now I are one.

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April 26, 2019, 09:06 AM

RogB

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Originally posted by jhe888:
It is people trying to be cute, but it is a tiresome joke.

Along with "it'll buff right out"

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April 26, 2019, 09:47 AM

h2oys

I agree, it bothers me too. Guess I'm also a member of the crusty old fart club.

April 26, 2019, 10:15 AM

bald1

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Originally posted by h2oys:
I agree, it bothers me too. Guess I'm also a member of the crusty old fart club.

We should get lapel pins to wear! lololololololol

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April 26, 2019, 11:41 AM

RogB

"now that's funny right there"

You're not installing cable so give it a rest

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April 26, 2019, 11:48 AM

GWbiker

It all began many years ago with Engineers telling us that Pie is square. When we all know that a Pie is round - cake is square.

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